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Heidi Ravven’s Followers (3)
Heidi Ravven
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Theologico-Political Treatise
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1670
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8 editions
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The Self Beyond Itself: An Alternative History of Ethics, the New Brain Sciences, and the Myth of Free Will
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2012
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6 editions
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Jewish Themes in Spinoza's Philosophy
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2002
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3 editions
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“Looking at ethics through the lens of free will decision making assumes that situations are objective and that it is the choice of action that is good or bad. But the evidence from the Holocaust—and from social psychology—suggests otherwise. It suggests that situations are subject to different interpretations and that interpretations are largely driven by community and social authority.”
― The Self Beyond Itself: An Alternative History of Ethics, the New Brain Sciences, and the Myth of Free Will
― The Self Beyond Itself: An Alternative History of Ethics, the New Brain Sciences, and the Myth of Free Will
“The supreme mystery of despotism, its prop and stay, is to keep men in a state of deception, and with the specious title of religion to cloak the fear by which they must be held in check, so that they will fight for their servitude as if for salvation. —SPINOZA”
― The Self Beyond Itself: An Alternative History of Ethics, the New Brain Sciences, and the Myth of Free Will
― The Self Beyond Itself: An Alternative History of Ethics, the New Brain Sciences, and the Myth of Free Will
“The collective hope of this kind of group is that through strength and triumph, vengeance will replace shame and humiliation. The leader and nation engage together in a kind of frenzy. Anyone who questions the leader who symbolizes this hope of restitution of self-esteem and power is cast as a traitor to the nation. Hence the amassing of power over the whole world and the destruction of the Jews, cast (mythically) as the source of the humiliation, became ends in themselves. This alliance of nation and leader for power itself, in order to overcome psychic humiliation, Kohut regards as the source of the worst atrocities of the twentieth century. He comments, “The most malignant human propensities are mobilized in support of nationalistic narcissistic rage. Nothing satisfies its fury, neither the achievement of limited advantages nor the negotiation of compromises, however favorable—not even victory itself is enough.”43”
― The Self Beyond Itself: An Alternative History of Ethics, the New Brain Sciences, and the Myth of Free Will
― The Self Beyond Itself: An Alternative History of Ethics, the New Brain Sciences, and the Myth of Free Will
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